Foursquare for Saxophone Quartet, John Harle

FOURSQUARE

DESCRIPTION
An adventurous and unusual work for Saxophone Quartet by John Harle. Composed fopr the Myrha Quartet, the piece was first performed on BBC Radio 3 in 1980. The music follows a pitch centre progression, moving gradually from lowtohigh using chromatic clusters surrounding each pitch. Sporadic solo passages, differing in character to the rest of the piece, are used to punctuated the music with cadenza-like solos from each Saxophonist in turn, making thisanexciting and challenging work for all players involved. This title is the score.

SPECIFICATIONS
Composer John Harle
Instrumentation Saxophone Quartet
Publisher Chester Music
Genre  Description Classical
Style/Period Description Post 1901
Year of Publication 2005
No. Pages 20
ISBN 9781844499717
Edition Number CH61574